Harang looking forward to pitching against Reds in Cincinnati

11:32 PM,
Jul. 4, 2013

Seattle's Aaron Harang will pitch in Cincinnati today for the first time since he left in 2010. He will face Mike Leake, who was moved back a day after Thursday's game with the Giants was washed out. Joe Nicholson/USA Today

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C. Trent Rosecrans
The Cincinnati Enquirer

The previous time Aaron Harang started a game in Cincinnati and wasn't wearing a Reds uniform, he was a 24-year-old rookie with the A's and the Reds were playing the final season at Cinergy Field.

Harang will start opposite Mike Leake today as the Seattle Mariners come to town for a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. Harang beat the Reds last on July 4, 2012, as a member of the Dodgers. He's also faced them with San Diego in spring training, which is why he said today he hadn't thought much about facing his old team.

"The spring one, two years ago, I didn't fare so well," Harang said Thursday ...